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Tex
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9 Jun 2003, 5:07pm

Found something I like about Dell !

A buddy was at a flea market last week and bought a box full (16 copies) of the manuals and cd's that come with new dell Inspiron 4100's for uhhhhh... nine bucks. Thats a total of nine bucks for the whole mess.

So he drops off a couple for me the other day and I pop them open and they each have full copies of Win XP and Office XP inside still shrink wrapped. I mean WTF ??? But couldn't find a cd-key ?? Tried to install last night on another box and it went on slicker then snot and just never asked for a damn cd-key.

So the weenie bought SIXTEEN full copies of Win XP and Office XP for friggin 9 bucks total.

but..... I gotta say I just love the no cd-key part !

Was talking to him last night and hes asked if I wanted a couple more...

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crackityjones
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9 Jun 2003, 5:23pm
Wow...
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EQuito
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9 Jun 2003, 5:30pm
Lucky SOB!

I wonder if you'll have any trouble when registration time comes along...

Cheers!
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csimon
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9 Jun 2003, 5:31pm
mine only install to a dell box ...nothing else.
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mooseontheloose
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9 Jun 2003, 5:32pm
my $200 1.7ghz refurbished celeron system from dell.

Kicks ass for $200!
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Cool Canuck
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9 Jun 2003, 5:40pm
Originally posted by Tex
But couldn't find a cd-key ?? Tried to install last night on another box and it went on slicker then snot and just never asked for a damn cd-key.
Hummmmm. My experience is like csimon, you needed the key on the back of the computer and would not install on another machine.
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Rob
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9 Jun 2003, 6:46pm
Tex, I did the same thing once for a friend.

Took his dell XP cd, loaded it on a PC, walked away. About a week later, he started getting messages to register his machine with microsoft, or it would disable

*shrug* let us know
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Enverex
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9 Jun 2003, 6:51pm
People have been going round college writing down all the WinXP CD Keys on the back of the computers as all the new P4 machines are running 2000 but all have XP Home CD keys on the back, lol.

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Clutch
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9 Jun 2003, 7:47pm
That's how it was at my local college, when I took a night class last semester, it had the full cd keys nicely printed on a sticker on the back of all the machines. And they were running Windows 98. Looks like you got a really nice deal there tex, how many more does he have access to?
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Tex
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9 Jun 2003, 7:59pm
It may punk out in a week then.

The XP anti spy tool flips the registration flag in the registry I wonder if thats enough? Or if the keygens for XP work with it?

I'll keep you guys updated. As I said it installed fine... But you guys may be right about it crapping in 7 days.

Tex
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CCW
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9 Jun 2003, 8:24pm
I will take 3 Tex
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karatekid
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9 Jun 2003, 8:24pm
Why can't stuff like that happen to me

* karatekid mumbles something about lucky bastard
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LordNor
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9 Jun 2003, 9:50pm
Did you read the EULA to see what that said?
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Black Hawk
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9 Jun 2003, 9:59pm
But don't the CD's install drivers and other software? I could prolly get a few of them since my dad works logistecs for a sub-contracted company for Dell but I don't see the use for them.
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Rob
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10 Jun 2003, 7:30am
Well, if you have to 'hack' it to keep from dieing, then its no better than any other 'warez' version. Value $0. Now, if you had something that was able to run unaltered, I would say you have a fair claim as a licensed machine which _is_ worth something.
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Loki047
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15 Jun 2003, 4:54am
Im confused about the big deal over this stuff... Whats teh advantage of being registered? I have pro and it has never asked to be registered. When i go to school and use the domain and stuff to log onto the network does it matter that i dont have a "registered" version?
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danball1976
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15 Jun 2003, 4:59am
That's pretty cool, I hope that they are Corporate versions
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Enverex
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15 Jun 2003, 12:15pm
"When i go to school and use the domain and stuff to log onto the network does it matter that i dont have a "registered" version?"

I never had any problems using my XP Pro Corp laptop on the college domain, acted just like any other machine (they are all W2k).

Have to agree with what Rob said too though.

NS
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a2jfreak
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15 Jun 2003, 12:40pm
Tex, I might be going to Dallas sometime this summer to visit some friends and family . . . burn me a copy. =)
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Tex
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15 Jun 2003, 3:55pm
Stop by if you get in the area anyway buddy. Doors always open.

Tex
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